A new era in commercial space travel. People around the world are facing heavy new coronavirus rules and restrictions governments are trying to stamp out rising infection rates while avoiding the full economic shutdowns they imposed earlier this year a global tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows the number of reported cases is now more than 18000010600000 people have recovered and about 690000 have died. Well tougher restrictions are being imposed in and around manila after reported infections in the philippines jumped to more than 100000 from tuesday businesses and public transport are expected to close that people will need special passes to leave home groups representing nurses and doctors have been pushing president reagan to 10 to tighten control saying the country is losing the fight against the virus i have. To call up different groups from medical community for it. Got me in it it got in dean ishi queue in manila a fully understand where you. Would like to us for such a time out here that they have been in the front lines for months and exhausted for Jimmy Allen Duggan joins us live now from manila medical workers say theyre losing the fight against the virus and they want this and hans to Community Lock down so what does this all mean. Well you know daryn today marks the 150 of these since the philippines recorded its 1st coronavirus case and after that the country the Southern Region of luzon more than 50000000 people were placed on the reef a lot down there and has Community Quarantine for almost 3 months thats already one of the longest most strictest quarantines implemented by any government in the world over the last few months the government in fact losing its restrictions at the time the told both cases recorded were 18000 less than 2 months later its now reached over 100000 what the doctors are asking daryn is for them to for them to be given breathing space so that there is enough time to decongest hospital its now on their full capacity this call came over the weekend the president spoke here sunday night and basically said he is listening to the appeal of front line workers and although hes not going to bring back megaman they lowered the greater metropolis into a total lockdown again he is tightening control which means that there will be no domestic flights most likely transportation will be limited and Cross Community travel will also be limited there will be more checkpoints in the coming weeks in the coming weeks and by august 13th they hope to review the number of cases recorded by the department of health and then they will decide again whether an extension is expected or they can finally lose in restrictions for their ease the economy under this chess at the moment here already daryn. Tougher restrictions which are being reimpose that you just talked about what sort of Economic Impact is this going to have and people as we know are already struggling and many have already lost their jobs. Exactly i mean here daryn in fact on the economy of this pandemic was felt almost immediately since the lockdown broke out more than 2000000 filipinos have already lost their jobs thousands of filipinos a war overseas Filipino Workers are coming home with no prospects of livelihood the government has given billions of cash aid over the past few months really and it has been under pressure to open the economy as you know daryn at this point the of the philippine economy is now officially under recession its worst in recent years and the government recognizes that and over the past few weeks it has been planning to open the economies to allow what they call the informal economy the smaller businesses for breathing space so that they can be open restaurants salons and all different establishment getting people to spend but given that the situation here is difficult and certain and fluid and the calls of the Health Community to give them breathing space so that they can actually slow down the transmission it remains to be seen how the economy will be further accepted by this crisis the government already basically admitting that it does not have any more enough funds to provide cash aid or for the next few months in fact up to the end of this year daryn so the impact on the economy is already felt the government these days trying to find ways to basically buffer that impact but were going to be looking at the prospects and and the reports the economic reports in the coming months but its not looking very rosy for the philippine economy this year daryn son cooper thats. Well the epicenter of the virus for now is in latin america where more than 200000 people have died and then a quarter of those are in mexico its government began lifting restrictions in may to restart the economy and now its looking like it will have to reverse that course money rappler reports are new cases of corona virus show no signs of slowing down in latin america. In argentina which had largely kept the outbreak under control this is meant a return to lock down restrictions for 2 weeks as cases there are once again on the rise and you dont argue what anyone else will do the big problem we have had in the last 15 days is that we all relaxed we all felt that the situation was contained and the situation is not contained. A lot down in colombia was also recently extended through the end of august colombia is among the countries in south america showing the most alarming rates of contagion that is going to you know. There are people who dont follow the rules to go out even without a mask or use it incorrectly so were in a complicated phase of the pandemic and theres a lot of contagion. Latin america is home to an estimated 8 percent of the worlds population but accounts for nearly a 3rd of the worlds coronavirus deaths with brazil and mexico making up a majority of the fatalities in the region. In the case of brazil the government has faced heavy criticism for lacking a unified approach to containment efforts with president. Who cant cope with 900 himself often appearing in public without a mask. The same is true in mexico where the countrys president often makes statements that contradict Health Officials such as the recommendation that people wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus movie up when there are. You know when im going to put on a mask when theres no corruption and it will then ill put on a mosque they will stop talking about. The u. N. Warns the impact of the pandemic on latin america. Economies could amount to a 10 year setback in terms of g. D. P. Yet as countries work to reopen businesses the seemingly unstoppable wave of contagion thats gripped the region is making these efforts near impossible. Aljazeera. Australias 2nd largest city melbourne has finished its 1st overnight curfew its one of several emergency measures introduced in the state of victoria after cases to record highs last week there were 671 new infections and 7 deaths on sunday melbourne was already under a 6 week stay at home order victoria has had a ban on large gatherings reintroduced Online Learning and people are ordered to remain within 5 kilometers of their homes making the gauge has more from sydney on the tours battle to contain a 2nd wave of infections. This will no doubt have a huge impact on jobs on the National Economy but also on Peoples Mental Health and it also shows just how quickly the situation can change during this pandemic strain leon had been one of the more successful countries in terms of tackling the 19 but this 2nd wave of infections that were seeing in victoria just doesnt seem to be going away fast enough of course residents in melbourne already werent able to leave their home unless it was for essential reasons but still a covert 19 cases have remained in the triple digits weve seen daily infection cases of 4050600 cases and why is this happening will there have been issues with Hotel Quarantine people returning from the strike there have also been problems with tracing and testing people with. And police say that some have been flouting the rules they havent been hoarding even though they have tested positive to the virus and they should be isolated and that is why the premier Daniel Andrews has said that these restrictions have had to ramp up and that means that people are not allowed to leave their homes between 8 pm and father am in the morning schools are now closed again businesses are down and really this is a situation where the new restrictions are in place for 6 weeks the big question is whether the numbers will reduce during that time for. At least 3 people have been killed and 24 injured in an attack on a prison in eastern afghanistan. Officials say there were several explosions including a suicide car bomb outside the prison in the city of jalalabad Afghan Security forces were locked in a gun battle with the attackers several prisoners escaped during the fighting has claimed responsibility well below and so worries a freelance journalist in kabul he says it appears to be a revenge attack but i still. I was able to speak to an end mate in the political block who said a number of inmates are wounded several security towers are being controlled by the militants its still not clear how they got so much weapons and ammunitions into the heart of jalalabad the city but a few days ago the Afghan Intelligence service announced that they have killed the head of intelligence for the Islamic State so it seems like its a revenge attack by that group we often heard from the americans from the Afghan Government that they have defeated the Islamic State in that part of the country but clearly the group is extremely resilient theyre able to strike such complex attacks after many many years of operations against them is actually a very bad news for afghanistan and slight embarrassment for its international as well. But 2 nasa astronauts are back on earth off the landing off the u. S. State of florida a mission that was led by the private Company Space x. It marks the 1st time this type of operation has been carried out on a commercial spacecraft and more companies could follow. Reports. Its a commercial success story. The 1st crew mission to space led by a private Company Returns to earth u. S. Astronauts bob bank in and doug hurley back home where we have our 1st few very clearly after their 2 Month Mission in the International Space station the astronauts were slowly helped out of the capsule as the Company Space x. Plans more ambitious projects we are starting the journey. Of bringing people regularly to and from lower earth orbit. And on to the moon and then ultimately on to mars things looking good now the success of a test flight could lead to a new booming industry nasa is no longer the purchaser owner an operator of all the hardware we are going to be a customer one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace. To save money and redirect resources and 2014 nasa trying to commercial Companies Like boeing and space x. For space flight programs and now Additional Missions research and even tourism could fall out you on musks space x. Is going to be one service boeing is going to come online probably later this year theyre going to complete another crude test flight so they can begin flying astronauts next year Virgin Galactic is looking at flying astronaut so this is just the beginning it took more than 18 hours to get back home the socalled dragon capsule endure temperatures of more than 1800. 00 degrees celsius as it reentered the earths atmosphere theres Something Special about having. That capability to launch and bring your own astronauts home and we went through a lot of years without that capability and i think were both super super proud to have been just a small part of the team thats our complex bringing those space flights back to the florida coast and bringing that capability back to america. And that technology and a giant leap in the way space travel is financed and run that powered these astronauts into the history books using the 1st 2 us build hardware since the shuttle was retired nearly a decade ago. So the young aljazeera its time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back is a major foreign it will be going on for a couple of days a wildfire in Southern California threatens thousands of people and their homes plus. I robot ride in and dont south korea the countrys cultural heartland as it celebrates its World Heritage traditions. 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So thats the general picture then big thunderstorms in clumps that go west would draw each of the south is that obvious midwinter in most of Southern Africa or all of Southern Africa to be honest but the wind direction is so critical to some places Port Elizabeth in particular with a window of the interior gets particularly warm its not record breaking but is well above where it should be. An image can change the way we see the womb if we had not seen this we would be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created longing for a full opportunity that can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story like this play and attacking coins for pretty intense before it can forge narratives all right through the listening post gives you the full picture on a. Lot of makeover come out of our top stories here at this hour people around the world are facing new coronavirus restrictions as the global tally rises to more than 18000000. 00 reported cases more than 690000 people have died in a 3rd of them and latin america. Tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila after reported infections in the philippines jumped to more than 100000 from tuesday businesses on public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to meet home and australias 2nd biggest city melbourne has finished its 1st overnight curfew its one of several emergency measures introduced in the state of victory. Where hundreds of new cases are being reported. Well the numbers are going up to in belgium particularly. Whos been imposed on the port city on top of social distancing rules reports. Calm on the streets of one of the biggest port cities in europe with people enjoying shops and restaurants but at 12 is facing a crisis its reported the highest number of new covert 19 cases in belgium authorities have imposed a lockdown wearing a mask in public is now compulsory and limits have been put on the number of people who can meet up im really disappointed when i see people in the streets or not wearing their mosque. You see it even a lot of people they just dont do that so i dont see them for the 1st time since world war 2 a nighttime curfew has been enforced to reduce crowd numbers nearly 2000000 people have to stay indoors from 11 30 pm to 6 am to double the bar owners say it may affect their businesses for the long term. Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to continue working so its more of a social lockdown than an economic one but the titan measures in and will make it difficult for us to make profit. Daily infections in belgium have risen by 77 percent over the past week and thats putting many people on edge of sewing because. Personally i understand images that said they were in some forced. Because i could see 1st hand that they couldnt keep their behavior in line people like to do is they place and trips governor blames the surge on relaxed rules and people engaging more in leisure activities she urges people to avoid coming to the city. Belief for the last fish that needs please dont leave town to Party Somewhere Else all the other way around and we advise people against coming to the antwerp area its in the interest of your own health and the health of all those who are. In. But despite calls to limit travel many people are going to other parts of the country like the seaside town of austin and to enjoy what they can of the summer holidays. More than 66000 people have been infected in belgium and nearly 10000 have died the rise in new cases is across all age groups while the government says it wants to avoid a full lockdown in antwerp many experts say imposing tougher measures faster may be the only way to counter the outbreak really mohamed al jazeera. Prime minister has tested positive for corona virus. Hes not showing any symptoms except a mild cough he says hell self isolate for 2 weeks. Manchester in Northern England has declared a Major Incident as it deals with more infections that enables relevant agencies to ask for more resources Media Outlets had already been reporting that Prime Minister bar as johnson is looking at perspiring plans to ease restrictions as he tries to avoid another nationwide lockdown jonah hole has more from central london. Hopes that the worst of the covert 1000 crisis may be behind the u. K. This autumn appear to be fading infection rates are rising for the 1st time since may not to the heights of a pandemic in april but nevertheless going up and the government has warned it may have to go further than the localised restrictions in place to control local spikes where they happen there are reports that the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has commissioned a plan for a london wide lockdown including restrictions on movement in and out of the n 25 ring road asking people over the age of 50 who may help vulnerable conditions the virus to shelter at home and with schools due to return in just a few weeks time in september scientists are warning that any further reopening of the economy may mean other parts of the economy have got to shut again to maintain balance and the finger is being pointed at the Hospitality Industry will take a look at where i am now in soho in the heart of london and normally vibrant buzzing Entertainment District full of londoners locals tourists the bars restaurants and pubs that have been allowed to reopen their doors have their tables and chairs spilling out across the pavement and onto the road desperate for custom but there are no tourists around a lot of londoners arent venturing out all that much and the reports suggest that the price of getting children back into the classrooms may well be that some of these businesses have to shut their doors again and Business Owners are warning they have survived one lock down many will not survive a 2nd. U. S. Politicians will meet again on monday to negotiate another coronavirus aid package while they debate and are. Tens of millions of unemployed americans struggling since i put in a 600. 00 weekly payment has been a lifeline for families on friday democrats and republicans failed to reach an agreement on whether to allow the program to continue republicans want to reduce funding but i divided on how far to go democrats want additional benefits meanwhile theres growing on certainty of where the children will go back to school in the u. S. Many of them rely on school meals to make up from lack of food at home made movies chief executive of willed central kitchen he says millions of children are going hungry and extra funding is actually required. Were in a real crisis right now in this country according to the Brookings Institute about 14000000 American Children are going hungry each week and according to u. S. Census numbers about 30000000 americans say they are not getting enough food so its its a big challenge thats in front of us right now here in the United States weve served about 25000000 fresh meals now over the past 4 months and you know it is were not seeing a lot of signs of things Getting Better theres a number of things that need to be done urgently that we are supporting and trying to to do our part to help raise awareness and education i think for sure we need to prioritize funding for meals for schools its clear that schools are not going to reopen across the country in the fall and for so many families this is where kids get their meals and so we need to make sure those schools are properly funded and supported School Kitchens are able to activate am preparing meals i think we also need to enable our federal Emergency Management agency so this is the agency that goes in after hurricanes wildfires and provides meals you know its its been a bit of a confusion for them because this is not your traditional Natural Disaster but the reality is our country is facing a crisis and fema right now has a lot of money to respond to disasters and we need to get those funds on locked to pay for meals for families and especially for children right now. Nearly a 1000 people have been told to leave parts of Southern California where a wildfire is burning 1300 firefighters are up against hot dry weather thats for cost to continue to see as rob reynolds reports now from los angeles. The fire in Riverside County east of los angeles has burned more than 8000 hectares and destroyed at least one home as well as numerous other structures approximately 7800 people have been evacuated from their homes this is a major foreign it will be going on for a couple of days more than 1300 firefighters from across the state assisted by helicopters and planes dropping fire retardant are battling the blaze there working in temperatures well above 37 degrees celsius amid dry gusty winds the fire is still out of control flames broke out late friday afternoon investigators suspect it may have been deliberately set by an arsonist Southern California has seen little rain for months and the dense brush is tinder dry the fire is burning its way into rugged hills that are hard for crews to reach authorities said no thank you what are you want to make sure. Everything youre saying before we even think about repopulating due to code 19 the evacuees will not be housed overnight in large shelters instead the red cross is arranging accommodations at hotels which are largely empty due to the pandemic evacuees are getting their temperatures checked for fever and Evacuation Centers rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles israels army has known staff strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza the strikes comma after palestinians fight a rocket into israel as the military says was intercepted by its eye and Defense System. The son of israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has been banned from tweeting about protest leaders and Israeli Court ordered yet netanyahu to delete tweets that include the personal addresses and cell phone numbers of the organizers of demonstrations against his father the protest leaders say they received threats after the tweets were posted on the weekend millions of South Koreans are finding holiday destinations closer to home because of the pandemic unable to Book International trips its good news though for organizers of a cultural festival in the southeastern city of. From where rob mcbride now reports. The Opening Event for a festival celebrating the essence of korean culture this one area can boast more unesco World Heritage sites than any other part of the country for many hundreds of years its been renowned as a center for buddhist and confucian learning and the home of korean ability its exemplified by the village of halfway meaning literally surrounded by water with every home lovingly preserved. This area is a place where asian values not just korean are deeply ingrained in flori buddhism from india and confusion china they are perfectly used to be with underlying values of local folk culture and its part of a National Effort to promote korean culture the rich Cultural Heritage of this area makes it famous throughout south korea but relatively unvisited the organizers of this festival hoping to change that making the most out of a pandemic that means people have no choice but to seek out iconic treasures on their own doorstep nothing go ahead go ahead but normally go abroad but this year inevitably we had to take our vacation at home. Its very peaceful and relaxing it was a good decision to come. Down to the main Temple Building here is beautiful its absolutely worthy of being a World Heritage site. A region that believes it has a unique set of spiritual values that World Heritage status will help it promote internationally. Global pandemic has come as a big shark but never least we shouldnt suspend culture activities its our duty as a society to carry on. Tapping into a rich cultural. Tradition is a source of comfort in Uncertain Times greg mcbride ill just era and go south korea. Now a rare baby rhino has been rescued from floods that are National Park in india at least 16 others died in the waters some were forced to seek refuge in nearby human settlements there are 3100 rhinos in the world. Cup a quick check of the top stories here on aljazeera people around the world are facing new coronavirus restrictions as the global tally rises to more than 18000000 reported cases more than 690000 people died the a 3rd of them in latin america but tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila after infections in the philippines jumped to more than 100000 from tuesdays businesses and public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to leave home in durban as the latest from manila the president came forward and basically said that the us listened to the calls of frontline years but he wont be an enhanced Community Quarantine or at all the lock down but rather something in between it means though that domestic flights are unlikely to resume any more transportations will remain closed schools will not open until january january until there is a vaccine and plans to slowly open the economy is going to be put on hold until august 13th where they will review again the Current Situation australias 2nd largest city melbourne has finished its 1st overnight curfew its one of several measures introduced in the state of victoria where hundreds of new cases of being reported daily. At least 3 people have been killed in an attack on a prison in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad officials said least 3 bombs exploded in Security Forces for 50 years in a gun battle israels army has launched airstrikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza the strikes come hours after palestinians fought a rocket into israel that the military says was intercepted by its iron dome Defense System some of israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has been banned from tweeting about protest leaders and Israeli Court ordered un netanyahu to delete tweet sharing personal addresses and cell phone numbers of the organizers of demonstrations against his father nearly 8000 people have been told to leave parts of Southern California in the u. S. Where a wildfire is burning its charred 80 square kilometers of land since friday and is threatening homes east of los angeles those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after listening post thank you thats watching. 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